KnowraOccitan literatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Occitan literature, each with the reason it gives.All 11Related 5Narrower topic 3Compared with 3Courtly loveNarrower topic: Its early courtly lyrics supplied many conventions later associated with courtly love.French poetryCompared with: Its language and troubadour heritage distinguish a neighboring tradition from poetry in French.Chivalric romanceRelated: Troubadour ideals of refined love helped shape romance’s language of devotion.Albigensian CrusadeRelated: War and conquest disrupted the courts that had supported much Occitan writing.Occitan languageRelated: Its long record shows how Occitan persisted as a written language despite changing political conditions.Chanson de gesteCompared with: Occitan epic developed in a neighboring language and included related heroic narratives.CatharismRelated: Catharism arose within the same regional culture, though troubadour poetry was not itself Cathar doctrine.Alphonse DaudetCompared with: Daudet wrote principally in French, unlike writers who made Occitan itself their literary medium.Frédéric MistralNarrower topic: Mistral’s work became a landmark in the nineteenth-century revival of this literary tradition.Alfonso II of AragonRelated: Alfonso’s court belonged to the cross-Pyrenean aristocratic culture that patronized Occitan poetry.Arnaut DanielNarrower topic: Daniel’s lyrics are among the most celebrated works in this broader tradition.